Home » Search Center » Results: Craig W. Hurst
Results for "Craig W. Hurst"
The Ken Hatfield Trio: The Surrealist Table
by Craig W. Hurst
On The Surrealist Table , guitarist and leader Ken Hatfield offers not only a veritable clinic on acoustic jazz guitar, but the combo in general also provides evidence of consummate musicians taking great care in the execution of their craft. The pared-down unadulterated sound of three acoustic instruments weaving an aesthetically pleasing sonic fabric truly is ...
Mews Small: Pearl Street Garage #1
by Craig W. Hurst
In the liner notes to Pearl Street Garage #1 , actress and singer Mews Small gives special thanks to her “Grandma Lily for saving her old sheet music in her garage of treasures." Thanks to Grandma Lily, Small and the Small Band revive a treasure trove of songs from times long gone by. Most of the ...
Takashi Matsunaga: Storm Zone
by Craig W. Hurst
With the release of Storm Zone on the venerable Blue Note record label, the jazz world has been put on notice that there is a new rising son on the horizon among other jazz notables such as Toshiko Akiyoshi, Tiger Okoshi, Sadao Watanabe, and Keiko Matsui, who also hail from the Land of the Rising Sun. ...
The Swingcats: Get Happy
by Craig W. Hurst
Perhaps a testament to the greatness of the only original art form to come out of the United States is how well it translates to other musicians in places outside of North America. Certainly this is evidenced in the CD Get Happy by the Swingcats. The Swingcats, made up of musicians from Germany, Belgium and the ...
Monica Dillon: All I Have Is A Moment
by Craig W. Hurst
Monica Dillon is a New Orleans-based singer, pianist and songwriter. Her CD All I Have Is A Moment reveals a musician who has been influenced by and is at home with a number of musical styles, including gospel, R&B, and jazz. Listeners very well could go one of two ways in describing her music. Is she ...
Greg Hopkins Quintet: Quintology
by Craig W. Hurst
Quintology , the newest release by the Greg Hopkins Quintet, in many respects is a quintessentially exemplary jazz recording. The CD provides an aural snapshot of a veteran group of highly skilled musicians in an environment of long-term familiarity, creating communally made music. That the New England-based Greg Hopkins Quintet has been performing together for going ...
Rebecca Coupe Franks: Exhibition: Tribute to Joe Henderson
by Craig W. Hurst
Rebecca Coupe Franks Exhibition: Tribute to Joe Henderson Independent 2004 Rebecca Coupe Franks is a California-bred and -based trumpet player. Her newest CD Exhibition: Tribute to Joe Henderson is reflective of years she spent in New York City, and her friendship with, and mentorship from the late master ...
Vickie Smith: cELLAbrate
by Craig W. Hurst
cELLAbrate! is exactly as advertised. Vickie Smith’s newest recording celebrates the memory and irreplaceable talent of the “Queen of Scat,” Ella Fitzgerald. Smith, a Bloomfield, New Jersey-based big band and cabaret singer, draws music for cELLAbrate! from two tribute shows that she performs in the greater New York City area, “Ella!—The Song is You!” and “Ella ...
Ake Johansson: Trio 77
by Craig W. Hurst
Trio 77 is a CD release of a 1977 recording made for Swedish Radio by pianist Ake Johansson. Johansson, who emerged on the Swedish jazz scene while barely out of his teens in the late 1950's, has performed and recorded with many great jazz artists, having held the distinction of being the accompanist for many American ...
Ronny Johansson Trio: Jubilee
by Craig W. Hurst
Pianist Ronny Johansson has been part of the jazz scene in Sweden for over 40 years, performing with great artists such as Art Farmer, Benny Bailey, Don Byas, Red Rodney and Warne Marsh. Johansson, who grew up in Uppsala, also played piano with on Eric Dolphy’s 1961 album The Complete Uppsala Concert. Since 1975, Johansson has ...
Giveaway
Days remaining: 2
